ON 13 APRIL 1979, soldiers and civilians dance in the streets of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, after Yusuf Lule is sworn in ...

See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Through a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years ...

Idi Amin, the ruthless former dictator of Uganda, has been buried during a small funeral ceremony, in Saudi Arabia, just hours after his death. Amin, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds ...

In Uganda’s politics most governments that came after the fall of Field Marshal Idi Amin (1971-1979) have used him and his time at the helm as the yardstick of the lowest level this country has ...

Britain's Lord Owen, Foreign Secretary from 1976 to 1979, has revealed that he once raised the prospect of having Idi Amin assassinated. The then Labour government was trying to distance itself ...